Shipping reel



May 10, 1932. p.12. STEVENS '1,857;169

SriIPPING REEL Filed March 29, 1930 IN V EN TOR.

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Patented May '10, 1932 UNITED STATES ATENTQFP CE DONALD R. STEVENS, or RIDGEWOOD, NEW nsEY, ASSIGNOR j'ro THE oKoNrrE com- PANY, or PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY, A conrorwrron on NEW JERs Y.

Application filed March 29, 1 30. Serial No. 439,957.

My invention relates to improvements in shipping reels for electric or other cables and is particularly directed to providing an improved form of lagging therefor possessing certain advantages to be hereinafter brought out in detail.

Reels of this character as at present constructed are usually provided with wooden lags extending lengthwise of the reel and spiked or otherwise secured to the end flanges of the reel for the purpose of covering and protecting the cable wound on the reel. In practice the Wooden lags are removed by the customer of the cable manufacturer and after the cable has been removed from the reel the lags are replaced and the reels shipped back to the cable manufacturer who makes an allowance to his customer for the returned reels. These reels vary in price anywhere between $25 and $2000.

While the wooden lagging is almost universally used it is not as satisfactory as desired, particularly where the lagging is spiked in place. For instance, in shipping on reels of this character the material on the reel is often injured due to loosening of the spikes holding the lags in place, and due to cinders and gravel working through the spaces between the lags. It frequently happens also that the lags work loose entirely in shipment thereby exposinglarge areas of the cable or other material to injury. Then again a great deal of labor and expense are involved in destruction of the reel flanges by the spikes, necessitating repairs, drawing the spikes, culling the lags and stacking the lags for reuse.

All of these drawbacks are overcome by the present invention.

One of the objects of my invention is the provision of a lagging which is continuous.

and protects the cable or other material under all conditions.

A further object of myinventi'on is the V provision of a lagging which does not require the use of nails, spikes, or other injurious fastening devices and which can readily be secured in place and readily removed.

A still further object is the provision of a construction affording tires for the reel flanges, preventing contact of the flanges and lagging with the ground, floor, or other sur face over which the reel is rolled.

In the accompanying drawings:

. Fig. 1 is a perspective view of, an emboidiment of my invention; and h Fig. 2 1s a sectional elevation of the same.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 des- I V ignates a reel having the usual hub 2 and end I flanges 3 and 4. Suitably secured to each of these-flanges is a metal rim or tire 5 extending around the periphery thereof. This tire may be of steel or other suitable material.

Each of these tires is adapted to receive a continuous lagging 8' of sheet iron or other suitable material, an annular groove in the construction illustrated being'provided for this purpose ineach tire. These grooves are designated 6 and 7, respectively. At a convenient location on the periphery of each of these tires I provide a slot for receiving the end of the lagging when applying the same and for the removal of the lagging. These slots are designated 9'and .10, respectively. I

In applying the lagging. to the'reel the end of the lagging is inserted in the slots 9 and 10 and pushed along the grooves 6' and 7 in the tires until the entire reel is covered and the ends of the lagging overlap as shown in Fig. 1. In removing the lagging it is merely necessary to reverse the operation.

It will be seen, therefore, that Ihave pro vided a lagging which iscontinuous, holds itself in place without the use of nails or similar fastening means and which is readily removable. h T

It will be seen also that the tires 5 protect the reel flanges against injury and at the same time provideforthe reception of the ends of the lagging to protect the same as Well.

While I have illustrated and described one embodiment of my invention, I do not wishto be limited to this precise construction inasmuchasmodifications may be made therein within thespirit and scope of my invention.

' It will be appreciated that if desiredthe lagging of this invention being of metaland by reason of its novel construction may be H padlocked upon the reel to prevent ordinary vandalism or malicious or careless damage to the reel contents.

What I claim is In combination, a reel for cables comprising a hub and a flange at each end of the hub, a metal tire for each flange, each tire on its inner :face being provided with an annular groove and each tire on its periphery being provided with a slot opening into said grooves, and a continuous metal lagging for the reel adapted to be applied thereto through said slots so as to have its sides lyingin said grooves, with the adjacent ends of the laging overlapping.

This specification signedthis 2 5 daj of 7 March, 1930.

VDONAL D R. STEVENS. 

